Literally put my opponent into zugzwang with this bad opening, The Damiano Gambit

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CharlieFryk

If you don’t know, the Damiano gambit goes like this.

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 f6

3. Nxe5

basically, you sacrifice the knight in the Damiano defense.

I should have been losing but I actually put my opponent into zugzwang.

here’s the game:

https://www.chess.com/game/121174673000 

CharlieFryk

Btw when I said it was bad it was totally the opposite.

Stockfish calls it a brilliant move.

Fr3nchToastCrunch

It's the fastest possible brilliant move in chess. Either it wins a rook, or it allows you to bully your opponent around (and potentially force an early checkmate) in what is literally the only exception to the "Wayward Queen" being an objectively terrible opening.

Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, don't move the f-pawn in the opening; much less only one space.

CharlieFryk
Fr3nchToastCrunch skrev:

It's the fastest possible brilliant move in chess. Either it wins a rook, or it allows you to bully your opponent around (and potentially force an early checkmate) in what is literally the only exception to the "Wayward Queen" being an objectively terrible opening.

Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, don't move the f-pawn in the opening; much less only one space.

Exactly true, but since I’m at the 100 elo level, most of my opponents don’t notice this is a brilliant.

sigma
Not brilliant anymore, after the knight sac Qe7 is only slightly better for white
jasperb2410

Your opponent (after 6. Bc4+) could have blocked with 6... d4. Then white is up 3 points according to Stockfish, not a forced mate, after 7. Bxd5 Kg6.

SchoolQuinnChesster

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